I'd leave Thunderbird in a heartbeat if I could find a contact/calendar syncing terminal client as well. Any recommendations?
Aerc – An email client that runs in the terminal
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Re: Aerc – An email client that runs in the terminal
#32You did it! Congratulations! World's best email client! Great job, everybody!
Re: Aerc – An email client that runs in the terminal
#33Thank you Sir_Cmpwn, awesome that someone is picking up where mutt left off.
Re: Aerc – An email client that runs in the terminal
#34Looks interesting!
Based on a quick stroll through the source code, I don't see any search integration. Is that correct?
I guess I could just shell out to notmuch? But I do find virtual folders for searches really convenient. Currently using neomutt with notmuch support, over a Maildir (which in turn is separately synced via IMAP using mbsync).
Not having all the context vanish ala mutt would sure be nice.
Re: Aerc – An email client that runs in the terminal
#35How does this compare to mutt?
Re: Aerc – An email client that runs in the terminal
#36Looks interesting! Based on a quick stroll through the source code, I don't see any search integration. Is that correct? I guess I could just shell out to notmuch? But I do find virtual folders for searches really convenient. Currently using neomutt with notmuch support, over a Maildir (which in turn is separately synced via IMAP using mbsync). Not having all the context vanish ala mutt would sure be nice.
There's a ticket planned for adding a notmuch backend straight up:
https://todo.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc2/105
No indirection through mbsync & maildir. This shouldn't be terribly hard - if you're interested in working on this feature, swing by the IRC channel to get a rundown of the technical details.
There's also a ticket for search in general:
https://todo.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc2/93
Which will probably be implemented for IMAP by 0.2.0.
Re: Aerc – An email client that runs in the terminal
#37It can't do maildir. I tried mdir:/// maildir:/// file:/// and /. grep -R maildir of the code returns nothing. So I guess, using it on local mail is a no go. Sad. I tried it only because this was advertised, only to be disappointed. It's better to not advertise features you don't have. Or at least state what features you have instead of mixing what you have and have not into a feature list at random. It's also far cr…
There's a big red disclaimer on this page that says the feature list is a bit wishful, and the latest version is only 0.1.0. The docs (man pages, start with man aerc) only document implemented features, you may want to start there. Here's the ticket for maildir support: https://todo.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc2/16 Several people have expressed interest in working on this, I expect we'll see it for 0.2.0. As far as configura…
Yeah, I read it, assumming that easier features would be implemented first.
I still think it's better to split the list into what is completed and roadmap. It would help me track the progress.
Anyway, good luck. I'll keep my eye on the project, because it certainly seems interesting.
Re: Aerc – An email client that runs in the terminal
#38I dunno what it is about the screencast, but it takes _forever_ to load. Any chance you could upload to Youtube or something so that I can actually watch the thing? EDIT: I'm getting about 20kb/s download from sr.ht where the video is hosted. Definitely not an issue with my connection, as I can download other files right now at 2Mb/s.
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Re: Aerc – An email client that runs in the terminal
#39Pretty amazing! Some observations:
- Attachments that don't have a filter can't be visualized. For this case would be interesting to open with 'xdg-open' when hit , and/or '.mailcap' support.
- Account password is stored in plaintext
- Occasional rendering artifacts when switching tabs/folders
If those above are fixed plus theming, unread, etc. I can easily see myself using it as my daily driver.
Re: Aerc – An email client that runs in the terminal
#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, the problem is I am on OSX, and I actually had to compile scdoc myself without the -static flag (missing libraries). Also, I had to run it as: TERM=xterm-256color aerc On OSX, otherwise got: panic: terminal entry not found
This issue comes from tcell, which has a baked-in terminfo database. I'm also not sure about the state of the terminfo database in general on OSX... in any case, I plan on improving terminfo support in tcell at some point.
It's probably because i use xterm-kitty.
Awesome work on aerc, looking forward for continued development.